ICICI Bank — Fraudulent practices

Address:	Mumbai City, Maharashtra, 400052
Website:	Multicards Mumbai (ICICI Bank)

Hi,

Over the past few months I have received multiple calls from people claiming to be from ICICI Bank's BKC branch and offering me, first, an ICICI Bank Ferrari card and a few months later, an ICICI Bank Jet Airways card with more entitlements. On the first occasion, I was convinced that I would receive the Ferrari card free of charge and would also receive other benefits including a watch etc. Suffice to say that on that occasion, I received the card from ICICI Bank, which is valid, but I had to pay the joining fee and never received the promised benefits. On that occasion, I was told that the card would be delivered by a bank representative but it came via Blue Dart.

Now, a few days ago I was contacted in the same manner again and told that I had been selected for an upgrade on my card and would not have to pay any joining or annual fees on the same. The same benefits were promised to me and I was told to send across an email to [protected]@gmail.com stating that I would agree with the charges involved. The 'executive' convinced me that the process would involve a letter coming from the bank stating that no charges would be levied and an email would also come from an official bank ID. All of this was being done as my organisation had special status with ICICI Bank and certain customers were being selected for 'free cards'. After searching online, I found out that I was not alone in being contacted like this and refused to deal with the people calling me any further.

Obviously, this is some fraudulent exercise to give away high-valued credit cards of ICICI Bank to customers by promising them many freebies, only to saddle them with cards for which they have to pay. Kindly look into this 'agency' and modus operandi. I am sure it helps ICICI Bank in getting new customers for their cards but if this is how it is done, it is extremely disappointing, to say the least.

Regards,
Abhinav